Sarah’s Guide to Southern Italy

I have certainly clocked some mileage this week.
And taken more modes of public transportation than I care to recount.
But, in the end, it was all worth it.

Our little crew of four set out for Amalfi on Thursday morning.
The Turners, Ryan’s friend Ryan, and myself were under the impression that we would be soaking up the sun in a mere 4 hours.
We were stoked.

We were sadly mistaken.
Our trip ended up taking about 7 hours.
But it was adventure-filled, so we were entertained.

After a euro-star to Naples, we got on a ghetto above-ground metro thing to Sorrento, and then boarded a bus for the most insane ride of all time.
I don’t know who was crazy enough to make the roads along the Amalfi coast, but I bet you a round of Limoncello that they never meant for a greyhound to go free-wheeling around these hairpin turns.
Between my nausea and gasps of fear, I managed to snap this picture of Franco, our rock-star of a bus driver.

Not only did he think it was hilarious that I would grab onto anything around me when I saw my life flash before my eyes, but he had no problem driving the bus monstrosity with one hand as he wedged between cliffs, walls, cars, and people.
Here are the two Ryans, smiling because they can’t see off the edge of the cliff from Lea Anne’s window.


Our hotel was perfect and Lea Anne and I easily spotted where we would spend the entire next day.


Amalfi really is so cute and it was the perfect spot to soak up some sun, mentally rest, and spiritually recharge.
It was also a great place to enjoy the culture of the South of Italy.
The South is famous for ginormous lemons.
My roommates had requested a large lemon for our apartment.

But after seeing them, I was greatly disturbed and just couldn’t bring myself to pack that freak show in my backpack.
Sorry, girls.

During the day, Lea Anne and I laid out and had a really yummy lunch of salmon pizza.
Trust me—it was great!

The boys were not exactly into the laying-out scene so they rented a boat and drove to Positano.

I know you can’t tell, but that little speck on the water is them.

This is what the boys and the boat looked like up close.

They were gracious enough to come pick us up in the harbor and take us to see some scenery along the coast.

Beautiful!

Even though we only had one full day in Amalfi, it was perfect.
I highly recommend this adorable, relaxed, rustic beach town.
If only the travel time was a little shorter…